Thank you for checking out my gallery! I wanted to create an online Portfolio to showcase my artwork. I am a self-taught, vegan & disabled artist who likes to experiment with different mediums and styles  but I have also had to learn to be really flexible as an artist due to worsening health conditions. I have had to give up the mediums I prefer to use and find ways to still make art with new ones, depending on what my health will allow. And this can fluctuate a lot ! That's why you will see a variety of art here sometimes I am able to sit up in bed and paint but other times this is just too much for my body. So digital art can be easier for me at times. I try my best to find ways to continue creating things, even when things seem really impossible.  I have found that needle felting, a medium I really wasn't interested in, has allowed me to make sculptures again, something I thought I had had to give up for good. I would really like to get my artwork published on products as I see them as being fun and unique designs that can be printed on a selection of products.

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Due to severe chronic illness, I have been unable to attend school or college and cannot work. This is incredibly frustrating, and being a very driven and motivated  person, I have more ideas than I have energy to work on them and I have had to learn to work at a much slower pace, even though I get frustrated with myself.

 

As I am vegan and care very much about animals and the environment, I only use vegan art supplies, which means no animal derived ingredients are used in any of my art. I am always looking for more eco-friendly art materials too to try and reduce my impact as much as possible. I have been making a collection of the materials I use at Kit.co so check that out to find out exactly what art supplies I use!

There are lots of online resources to check what ingredients are in your art supplies and lists of animal friendly companies, such as The Vegan Womble.